Northview School Safe Routes to School Plan Public Meeting Gabe - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Northview School Safe Routes to School Plan Public Meeting Gabe Lewis Champaign County Regional Planning Commission 16 January 2020

Agenda  Introduction  Existing Conditions  Public Comment Opportunities

Introduction • CCRPC received grants from IDOT to create transportation plans for Rantoul: • Safe Routes to School (SRTS) plans for K-5 Rantoul City Schools • Village Transportation Plan for the Village of Rantoul • CCRPC has been doing school traffic studies and safe walking route maps since 1987 • SRTS 5 E approach: • Engineering • Education • Encouragement • Enforcement • Evaluation

Northview Elementary School Existing Conditions

Northview Student Distance to School

Northview Student Distance to School

Northview School Neighborhood

Northview Distance & Time to School 0-5 minute walk 15+ minute walk 14% 20% 15 minute walk 23% 5-10 minute walk 43% • Over 57% of Northview students live within 10 minutes walking distance to Northview School. • 35% of these students need to cross Grove Ave. • Barriers: US 136 (Champaign Ave) • US 45 (Century Blvd) • Grove Ave • Clark St • Sheldon St •

Northview Students within a Mile Northview iew E Elem ementar ary Stude dents l living g Stude dents l living g Stude dents l living g Grade Gr 0 t to 1 o 1/4 /4 mi mile 1/ 1/4 4 to to 1/ 1/2 2 mile 1/ 1/2 2 to to 1 1 mile Tot Total from s om school ol from s om school ol from s om school ol Kindergarten 7 18 15 40 First Grade 9 10 17 36 Second Grade 5 22 11 38 Third Grade 7 26 16 49 Fourth Grade 7 24 4 35 Fifth Grade 8 28 11 47 Tot Total 43 43 128 128 74 74 245 245

Northview Bike and Pedestrian Facilities

Northview Ped Compliance Scores

Northview Pedestrian Signs

Northview Traffic Circulation

Northview Traffic Controls and Counts

Northview Existing Mode Share • Family Vehicle = 43% • Walk = 23% • 47% of those walk from the west (Sheldon Street/Campbell Drive) • 53% of those walk from the east (Illinois Drive) • Of those, about 75% walked south, 25% walked east. • School Bus = 13% • Carpool = 13% • Other Bus = 4% • Bike = 3% • Source: Teacher Tallies, RPC Tallies

Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Reports within a Mile of Northview School Northview Pedestrian and Bicycle Crash Summary Location Year Weather Injury Level Road Surface Day of the Week Time Pedestrian Crash Summary Maplewood/Grove 2013 Clear B Injury Dry Sunday 8:43PM Prairie View/Klein 2014 Clear B Injury Dry Monday 6:05PM Sycamore 2014 Clear B Injury Dry Wednesday 6:08PM Chanute/Champaign 2015 Clear C Injury Dry Saturday 1:40PM Maplewood/Fairlawn 2016 Clear B Injury Dry Friday 12:25AM Bicycle Crash Summary Gerrard/Champaign 2013 Clear B Injury Dry Saturday 10:55AM Maplewood/Clark 2014 Clear B Injury Dry Tuesday 2:50PM Sheldon/Congress 2014 Clear C Injury Dry Thursday 1:18PM Maplewood/Grove 2016 Clear B Injury Dry Saturday 9:58AM Klein 2016 Cloudy B Injury Dry Saturday 11:22AM Prairie View/Fairlawn 2017 Clear B Injury Dry Friday 3:51PM

Rantoul Automobile Crashes Crash 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total % Severity Fatal 0 0 1 0 0 1 0% A Injury 6 1 1 3 7 18 3% B Injury 20 14 22 8 23 87 15% C Injury 6 5 10 12 12 45 8% No 85 86 98 69 94 432 74% Injuries Total 117 106 132 92 136 583 100%

Student Survey Concerns (all schools) • Aggressive drivers • Bike theft • Busy streets to cross • Maplewood Drive • US 45 (Century Blvd.) • US 136 • Too far to walk • Personal safety concerns • Sibling/family influences • Sidewalk/road condition • Want more streetlights

Tonight’s Activities • Vision Board • Use post-it notes to provide your ideas for the future vision of transportation in Rantoul • Comment Card • Complete your comment card to provide more input on existing conditions and the future vision of transportation in Rantoul • Large Maps • Add your comments where you want to see transportation improvements in Rantoul • Survey • Complete transportation survey with Ana (U of I urban planning student)

Thank You! • Gabe Lewis • CCRPC Planner • glewis@ccrpc.org • 217-328-3313